WATERBURY — Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred behind an apartment building at 17 Chestnut Ave., known as Brick City, late Friday.

A 38-year-old man, Kareem Morey of Waterbury, died overnight of a gunshot wound to his upper chest, police said. He was alive when friends brought him to Saint Mary's Hospital around 10:45 p.m. Friday.

Morey's two sons, who are 19 and 21, had a dispute with a group of people at 17 Chestnut Ave. earlier Friday night, said Capt. Christopher Corbett, spokesman for Waterbury Police Department. Police believe weapons may have been displayed, but there were no reports of injuries.

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